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Two great events for OMO and the Health Data Task Force

Angela — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:30:52 +0000

A message from Ruth Perot, Summit Health Institute for Research and Education/Out of Many, One

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

April 28 was a “banner day” for OMO and the Health Data Task Force. Four of our colleagues played key roles at the 2009 Health Braintrust/National Minority Quality Forum Leadership Summit. Dr. Brian Smedley received an award on behalf of the Health Policy Institute at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. He also moderated a session and served as a panelist discussing the Place Matters initiative. Jennifer Ng’andu (National Council of La Raza), Deanna Jang (Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum) and Danielle Delaney (National Council on Urban Indian Health) participated in an afternoon panel on Launching a Health Equity Movement. All three made important contributions, and Deanna spoke specifically on collecting sub-population data as an essential requirement for movement-building. Kudos to all!!!

Also on April 28, OMO was featured as a co-sponsor of a very impressive Congressional exhibition and reception featuring Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the National Institutes of Health in the Cannon building. We joined 29 other organizations in providing a forum for 18 NIH entities to present information about their mission, research and funding opportunities. (See below flyer). Jeannette Noltenius assured OMO’s participation and Ruth Perot represented OMO at this event.

Great work!

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Presentations available from OMO Testimony at IOM

Angela — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:09:48 +0000

OMO Testimony at IOM Public Workshop

Date Monday, February 9, 2009
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Room 100, Keck Building, 500 5th Street NW, Washington DC

Deeana Jang from the Asian & Pacific Islander Health Forum testified on behalf of the OMO Health Data Task Force (HDTF) at a public workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine’s Subcommittee on Standardized Collection of Race/Ethnicity Data for Healthcare Quality Improvement and Committee on Future Directions for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.

HDTF members Mara Youdelman from the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and Kalahn Taylor-Clark from the Engelberg Center for Healthcare Reform at the Brookings Institute also testified on behalf of their respective organizations.

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Also available for download are the powerpoint presentations.

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OMO at SCHIP signing

Angela — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:05:22 +0000

On February 4, 2009, several members of the OMO Governing Body and the Health Data Task Force were present at the signing of the SCHIP bill by President Obama. Mara Youdelman (National Health Law Program) took these pictures and generously shared them with us.

For more pictures, please click here for a slideshow.